That amount is nowhere near enough to install networks on a European scale, but, like windmills on the Brooklyn waterfront, it's a step in the right direction.

这个数字远远不够欧洲规模的铁路网建设，但是，正如在布鲁克林建风车一样，大方向是走对了。

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Looking east, one could see the warehouses on the waterfront of Pootung like huge monsters crouching in the gloom, their lights twinkling like countless tiny eyes.

从桥上向东望，可以看见浦东的洋栈像巨大的怪兽，蹲在暝色中，闪着千百只小眼睛似的灯火。

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Like the one that Marlon Brando played in, 'On The Waterfront.'

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He was in "On the Waterfront," "In the Heat of the Night," and really bad movies like "Carpool."

他演过“码头风云”“炎热的夜晚”,也演过“乌龙抢匪妙事多”这样的大烂片“

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For Mr. Brown, that means keeping voters like Jim Ugone, who agreed to chat about the race on a recent evening at a bar along the waterfront in Gloucester.

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